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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Hall
Gladstone FRS (7 March 1827 - 6 October 1902) was a British chemist. He
served as President of the Physical Society between 1874 and 1876 and
during 1877-1879 was President of the Chemical Society. Apart from
chemistry, where one of his most notable publications was on bromination
of rubber, he undertook pioneering work in optics and spectroscopy. He
was born to John Gladstone, a wholesale draper in Hackney, London and
Alison Hall, as the eldest of three sons. The three brothers were
educated entirely at home under tutors, and from very early days all
showed a strong inclination toward natural science. In 1842 the father
retired from business, and the family spent a year in travelling on the
continent. Part of this time was passed in Italy with their old friends:
Charles Tilt, his wife and their daughter May, who in 1852 became the
wife of John Hall Gladstone.
